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Non of the cars in NASCAR relate to the road going counter parts but people support their brand. I started watching F1 back in the 80s because Honda was in it and had bought a CRX Si.

I love the innovation that is suppose to be F1. But it is lacking now. I find it interesting that when someones comes up with something the others look at and figure out what it will take to do it too (if they can). Then if they don't like the result they complain and say it violates some rule. gone are the days of just going and getting it done.

They keep talking about budget caps but it never happens. Mostly because the cap is for just about everything. Make the cap for just the car development and loosen up the rules. I read some where that a certain alloy was band in the early 90s for engines because it was too expensive but buy the end of the decade it was being use in road cars.

I think the tech has gotten so good that they need to have the strict rules and play artificial games (tires) to level the field and present a challenge. I don't think we will ever see the old days of "do what ever it takes". But doing anything with in so many dollars might work.

 

You know, I've mentioned streaming sites before, that pop up for races and then leave. But there's one that seems fairly stable and has a chance of hanging around for a bit.

It streams several channels, including Sky's dedicated formula one Channel, which shows classic Races as well as new. So If anyone's interested they Can watch that iF it sounds good, but I do Recommend muting thE chat channEl. It can be Tiresome, Very.

The dot is before the last two letters.

Wasn't sure about linking directly, hence the bold letters. Use at your own risk, etc. I'm on a Mac with Safari, and it seems to work fine, no warnings or such.

 

Yeah, that's the one

I wasn't sure you'd be cool with the direct link

I gotta say, the Sky F1 channel is addicting, and cost me a lot of work yesterday.

 

Nice long article by Emerson Fittipaldi, reminiscing about Monaco, and Montjuic, 1975. Worth a read.

McLaren Formula 1 - The Art of Driving

 

The pres of my company is flying out to see the race this weekend... guess it's good to be the king :ihih:

 

Just about race time in Monaco!!

 

Very interesting that Merc get private tire tests and Red Bull doesn't. Now Merc's tires are lasting longer than they have all season.
Now Red Bull and Ferrari have posted a protest.

 

...if not from this year's Championship entirely. They still will have the benefit of three extra full days of testing mid season with the the cars they are racing this season. They used both drivers and cars too...

They let this slide, it truly is "Circus de Bernie."

 

This is more blatant than the one tire per race deal they did to stop Ferrari.
I would to hate to see Nico have the moment taken away. But is cheating.
If they wanted on the up and up. Then should invited everyone, not keep it a secret, and shared the data with all the teams.

 

Sounds like normal F1 stuff to me. The rules are enforced the way Bernie & the FIA see fit. Lets put lawyers in the cars & have them sue each other to determine the wiener.

 

Maybe F1 needs to make sure they don't sign agreements that conflict with their own rules. Based on what I've read, sounds like all teams had the opportunity to sign up to be chosen to participate as needed. Doesn't sound like they all did and now are crying foul.

 

They cannot use this season's cars, had MB used cars from two seasons ago they would have been within the rules as written at the time of the infraction

 

Brilliant!